The Great Salt Lake is Disappearing
THE GREAT SALT LAKE continues to fluctuate over the years but this year the lake has reached a significantly low level. The historic high elevation in 1987 was 4,121 feet and as of 2021, the elevation...
Five Events That Occurred This Summer
SUMMER of 2022 brought lots of new and interesting things, a summer that seemed normal after a three-year pandemic. Here are five things that the summer of 2022 brought. Event number one is when the movie...
New Mandate Ignites Protests in Ukraine
The country of Ukraine was divided recently as anti-vaccine protests took place in its capital of Kyiv. The protests were sparked by a passed restriction that requires all government employees, teachers,...
Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion Economic Plan
On January 14, 2021, Biden introduced a $3.5 trillion economic plan, but the amount of money was cut in half making it a $1.75 trillion plan. The focus of the plan is climate change, healthcare, lowering...
On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued travel bans to slow the infection rates of Covid-19. Now, with a recent announcement from White House Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients on September 20, the...
February 23, 2022 • No Comments
Dune, a sci-fi film, came out in October in the US. The story is based on the book Dune by Frank Herbert, which was published in 1965. The movie centers around the first half...
Marty Tenifa, lifestyle reporter
December 21, 2018 • No Comments
Some conspiracy theories are understandable, but others are just too far out there to seem realistic. The Cougar Claw found some crazy conspiracies that could make anyone...
Students should have more time between Classes
November 20, 2017
Many times at Kearns High School both the students and teachers complain about the lateness. The students don’t feel there is enough time to get to class, and the teachers don’t like when their students...
November 18, 2017
It is 1:53 in the afternoon and you hear a head slam on the table in your math class. One student’s homework proceeds to be ruined by their own drool and the rest of the students are on their phones....
November 18, 2017
A student sits in their first period, as the teacher seems to drone on. The student struggles to stay awake and alert as the class continues. Their eyes close for a few seconds as they drift off before...
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Sierra LeMay, Staff writing
October 25, 2022 • No Comments
Kadynce is a part of the tennis team. Her managers, coaches and the girls on the team have helped her improve as a tennis player. Her coaches and managers are her sports heroes because that is the reason she is where she...
February 23, 2022 • No Comments
The love for sports played by many teenagers started at a young age or a life story that has inspired them to play and get better and better every day. As a kid, KHS student Adhau Chol liked grabbing basketballs and messing...
October 28, 2021 • No Comments
When you look at a volleyball player, you think of how hard they worked to get to where they are right now. What some people don’t ask is how they manage sports with school life and home life. Ashlyn Cleveland says that...
October 28, 2021 • No Comments
On September 3rd, 2021, a football game took place at Taylorsville High. Kearns Cougars won the varsity game against Taylorsville Warriors; 44 to nothing. Quarterback jersey number 4, Iosefa “JT” Toia’ivao, threw four...
Luis Martin, Sports Staff Writer
April 8, 2021 • No Comments
Coach Rickards is a hard working teacher with a good heart. Rickards teaches weight training, has coached football for 13 years, and takes kids on drives for drivers ed during the day. At the end of the day, he likes to spend...
Caytlin Pendleton, Editor in Chief
April 8, 2021 • 1 Comment
Everyone has a passion for something, trap shooting is one that many kids around the country share. Mike Stuart has been the head coach for the Riverton Shooting Club for the past six years. Mike started coaching Riverton...
Alyssa Sainsbury, Managing Editor
April 8, 2021 • No Comments
Tennis season is upon us and this year the players are able to compete. Last year Tennis was cancelled due to COVID and this year it’s able to make a comeback. Tennis tryouts were at the beginning of March and the players...
Alyssa Sainsbury, Managing editor
February 10, 2021 • No Comments
The 2021 Super bowl between the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and the NFC Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It took place at Raymond James Stadium home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It takes place on Sunday, February 7 with...
Luis Martin, Sports Staff Writer
February 10, 2021 • No Comments
Mauri Jesus Pacheco Flores is 15 years old and plays for Real Salt Lake soccer team. Mauri Jesus Pacheco is a great goalkeeper, he has been playing soccer for about seven years now. Mauri dreams big about being a famous soccer...
October 12, 2020 • No Comments
The Coronavirus Pandemic’s change to the way people do their everyday tasks, including athletes. Coaches Diaz, Kearns High School’s girl’s volleyball, and Rickards, Kearns High School’s football, are enforcing protocols...
Dixie Poindexter, Senior News Editor
February 5, 2020 • No Comments
Kearns High School and Cyprus High School have begun a food drive. Due to the close proximity as well as the infamous rivalry between the two schools, the PTA staff decided to compete to see which school can get the most...
Kayden Betsuie, Sports Reporter
February 5, 2020 • No Comments
The Kearns High Track and Field team is starting their pre-season workouts and they plan to get to the top of their game this season. They did well last year, and a couple athletes make it to state, Emmanuel Andrew, Jaron...
Caytlin Pendleton, Managing Editor
January 16, 2020 • No Comments
On November 1 of 2019 Kearns beat Hunter in the 6A second quarter: 31- 14. A week later, Kearns was defeated by Lone Peak taking the Cougars out of the playoffs: Kearns 19 Lone Peak 37. After 1971, the Kearns High football...
Caytlin Pendleton, Managing Editor
January 15, 2020 • No Comments
For the past seven years thoughout the country kids ages 12 to 18 have been taught to respect and safely handle a firearm. Many clubs around the country have been educating kids about how to handle a firearm and enjoy shooting....
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October 29, 2019
Strive Mighty Cougars- West Vs Kearns
October 29, 2019